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Older games to down load #1051527
01/23/16 09:01 PM
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Ok I have not been keeping up with all the new things on this site.
At one time I read all the post knew everything there was to Adventure games.
Now ,,not so much...
I have all the old games that I love to play ,but my new PC won't play them.
Is there a site I can down load older adventure games??/ Ron..........

Re: Older games to down load [Re: ron.etti] #1051529
01/23/16 09:08 PM
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I would recommend GOG. They have a good selection of older adventure games, and they have also been tweaked so that they will run on current operating systems.

You can find a list of the adventure games that they have here. wave

Re: Older games to down load [Re: Marian] #1051587
01/24/16 10:34 AM
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thanks for that list Marian. thumbsup


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Re: Older games to down load [Re: ron.etti] #1051603
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Thank you very much..Ron

Re: Older games to down load [Re: ron.etti] #1051608
01/24/16 01:04 PM
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I bought a few games from GOG, including GK 1, 2 and 3. They all work on my Win10. happydance12


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Re: Older games to down load [Re: ron.etti] #1051679
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Can anyone say anything about Win10 and any disc games?

Re: Older games to down load [Re: BubbaJake] #1051687
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For information about that, take a look at the Windows 10 thread in Glitches, that you can find here.

Re: Older games to down load [Re: ron.etti] #1051690
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The only one I could get installed from disk is Oblivion. I tried at least 10 other adventure games, none worked. cry


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Re: Older games to down load [Re: ron.etti] #1051710
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Please discuss the games that run/don't run on a certain platform in Glitches. thanks

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Re: Older games to down load [Re: ron.etti] #1051748
01/25/16 02:17 AM
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Indeed... I'd like to know which ones they are so we can add them to the list if they won't work.


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Re: Older games to down load [Re: TLC] #1051795
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Originally Posted By: TLC
The only one I could get installed from disk is Oblivion. I tried at least 10 other adventure games, none worked.

Depending on the age of the game, this could be due to incompatible disc-based DRM rather than the games themselves. Windows 10 blocks certain "newer" versions of SecuROM and SafeDisc because they were deemed to be a security risk and caused instability on some systems. You can read more about the problem here
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/08/17/windows-10-safedisc-securom-drm/

Of course if the games were originally made for Windows 95/98 they may have other incompatibility problems. If the games were made before 2003, the problem is unlikely due to be due to the DRM, which hadn't gotten so ugly and invasive until 2003.

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